加拿大正在制定建立美国第一个小型反应堆的计划，因为对气候变化的全国性关注使人们对新的核能方法产生了兴趣。

加拿大基础设施银行将提供7.17亿加元的融资，以支付准备在安大略省现有3,500兆瓦达灵顿核发电站建设300兆瓦SMR所需的一系列工作。

安大略发电,现在正准备to file an application to Canada's nuclear regulatory authority, hopes to open the new plant in 2028, with construction starting in late 2024 or early 2025.

它的最终价格可能会达到数十亿美元。该公用事业公司还计划在初始反应堆推出后，在现场进行三个SMR构建。

The utility chose the GE Hitachi BWRX-300, described as a 300-MW water-cooled, natural circulation SMR.

安大略省电力公司SMR增长副总裁加里·罗斯（Gary Rose）表示，虽然不是最前沿的模型审查，但其选择的关键因素是对商业准备就绪的信心。

安大略省电力公司发言人说，SMR每年将碳排放量减少约740,000吨。

TVA Set to Deploy Same Reactor Design in Multiples

反应堆设计在美国也引起了人们的关注

Tennessee Valley Authority said in its third quarter earnings report that it has entered into an agreement with GE Hitachi to use BWRX-300 technology for its first SMR, to be built near Oak Ridge, Tenn.

总统杰夫·莱什（Jeff Lyash）在上个月末告诉华盛顿特区的大西洋委员会（Jeff Lyash）告诉大西洋委员会，这将是其他人的目标。

他说：“我对20个反应堆感兴趣，也许更多。”他指出，TVA七个国家地区的电力需求将至少上升50％，到2050年可能会达到100％。

The BWRX-300 reactor is the 10th evolution of the boiling water reactor design, said GE Hitachi, adding that it is the simplest and most innovative design since GE began developing nuclear reactors in 1955.

The company claims it is competitively priced and estimated to have the lifecycle costs of a typical natural gas plant.

Canada Positions for Lower Carbon

现在，安大略省电力公司正在与一家项目承包商和一家工程公司达成协议，其中两者都拒绝透露姓名，预计合同将在年底之前签署。

The project is expected to deploy 700 people during the initial development stages, ramping up to 1,600 as construction and manufacturing at peak, the utility said.

据罗斯说，这家安大略省的公司去年在该网站上进行了岩土技术的工作，现在现在正在开始工作以引进水和电线。

In addition to site prep, the low interest loan will help Ontario Power cover cost of project design and management, and procurement of equipment with a long-lead time in ordering.

Planning for the project began in 2018 when Ontario Power began reviewing 150 different SMR technologies, from ones in their “early days” to others “much further along,” said Rose. “We did work independently with each of those different technologies to evaluate them,”

除了联邦对SMR项目和技术的支持外，省政府还在加大开发SMR设施的努力。新利18备用网址

安大略省已与新不伦瑞克省，萨斯喀彻温省和艾伯塔省合作制定了支持发展的战略计划。SaskPower最近宣布，它选择了相同的型号 - GE Hitachi BWRX-300 - 希望在2030年代中期在萨斯喀彻温省建造的反应堆。

“Energy experts say there is no path to bringing the world's carbon emissions to zero by 2050 without nuclear,” said Ehren Cory, Canada Infrastructure Bank CEO, in a statement. “As our largest clean power investment, we are supporting technology which can accelerate the reduction in greenhouse gases.”

The bank loan is part of a larger effort by Canada to position itself as a leader of cutting-edge nuclear technology as demand grows for non-carbon emitting forms of power.

“A growing embrace is a good way to put it,” said Rose, of the Canadian government’s interest in the new generation of smaller, more technologically sophisticated nuclear reactors.

He termed the infrastructure bank loan "a big deal.”